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The American Freestyle Karate Black Belt Manual
4 Decades of Analysis & Innovation

by Dan Anderson (April 2007)

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The American Freestyle Karate Black Belt Manual consists of 40 years research in the martial arts and creates a setting by which every student of karate, whether novice or expert, can unlock the secrets of karate kata. This book was originally a series of bulletins for students from white through black belt. I have set it out into 6 sections:

Section 1 is the introduction to the Dan Anderson Method of Karate
Section 2 has to do with Direct style of approach
Section 3 deals with Indirect approach to fighting
Section 4 deals with Combined approach, mixing Direct and Indirect approach
Section 5 goes over infighting and trapping
Section 6 is the Instructor Series; 17 bulletins dealing specifically with how to teach

Regardless of what discipline you study, this book is an invaluable aid to the study of your discipline.

Here's what reviewers have to say about it:

This is exactly the kind of book that I wish I'd had 37 years ago when I first got started in the martial arts. It is a collection of history and philosophy that helps you understand the context of the art along with tips, tricks, and drills to help you perfect it.

Miyamoto Musashi (1584 - 1645) was arguably the greatest swordsman who ever lived. Considered Kensei, the sword saint of Japan, Musashi killed more than sixty trained samurai warriors in fights or duels during the feudal period where even a minor battle injury could lead to infection and death. Two years before he died, he retired to a life of seclusion in a cave where he codified his winning strategy in the famous Go Rin No Sho (Book of Five Rings), a tome that is still revered by martial artists and businesspeople alike nearly 400 years after it was written.

Much like Mushashi's Go Rin No Sho, what you have in your hands is a master martial artist's perspective of his art all wrapped up in one tidy little package.

Lawrence W. Kane

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Technique is undoubtedly an important part of martial training. However, even more important than technique is the understanding of "why" the technique is as it is. With this knowledge of the underlying concepts, the martial artist will be able to adapt and vary any given technique to be wholly appropriate to the exact circumstances faced in any given moment.

The small numbers of martial artists who have this knowledge often gain it through countless hours of trial and error. They develop an intuitive understanding of the principles of combat. However, when asked to articulate and explain this knowledge to others, they often struggle. They know the "why", "when" and "how" on a subconscious level, but they are unable to impart this knowledge to others. Their only option is therefore to put their students through the same process of trial and error in the hope that they also stumble across the same intuitive understanding.

Dan Anderson is one of a small number of martial artists who fully understands the concepts of combat; as is evidenced by his unequalled achievements. However, what is even more impressive is that he is able to clearly communicate this hard won knowledge so others can make use of it.

I am certain that this book will be one of the most beneficial you will ever read. Within these pages you will find forty years of knowledge clearly explained by one of the most successful martial artists of all time. Buying this book was a smart move! All you need now is to read it, learn it and put it into practise. Your training partners won't know what hit them!

Iain Abernethy 5th Dan Karate, United Kingdom

 

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